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| Alona Vida Beach Resort & Coco Vida Restaurant and Bar |
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Alona Vida Beach Resort & Sea Explorers
celebrated their grand opening in December 2006.
Located directly on the white sandy
beach
of Alona
this Swiss managed resort has eight spacious deluxe
rooms in two two-storied buildings.
The
resort is located in the middle of Alona Beach
with some bars and restaurants around. Therefore
especially on weekend it could be a bit noisy. Not
recommended for guests who like it very quiet.
All rooms have air condition,
ceiling fan, cable TV and bathroom with cold/hot shower. The water can be
slightly salty. |
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In
the resort owned
Coco Vida Bar & Restaurant serves
international and local meals and different cocktails. |
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Also within the resort is Sea Explorers dive center at
Alona
Beach. Here we offer as
well Tec- and Rebreather
diving and courses. |
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| Alona Beach, Panglao |
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Getting there:
The
fast ferry from
Cebu
City
will take you to
Tagbilaran in approximately 90
minutes. From there it’s another 30 minutes by taxi
or tricycle, to
Alona
Beach. The best, easiest,
most comfortable and hassle free way to reach Alona,
is to let the friendly Sea Explorers staff at our
Head Office
in Cebu, organize the transport for you. |
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| Sea Explorers Alona Beach |
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SEA EXPLORERS PADI, 5 star GOLD PALM DIVE CENTER
is located on the beach. They have excellent rental
equipment, a well stocked library and ample storage
room for your dive gear. |
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The dive center is managed by
Felix, from Switzerland and
assisted by
Eriko from Japan.
The
Filippino dive guides
Pamping, Alvin, Edgar and Arman,
help to make your dives
safe, enjoyable and interesting. |
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Sea Explorers
boats take our guests to the most beautiful dive
sites in the area.
MITOT
& TALISIN:
Typical native outrigger banca boats for safaris,
transfers and daytrips.
Capacity: max. 12 divers
each.
SPEEDBOAT: Fiberglass and fast with
outboard motor.
Capacity: max. 6 divers. |
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SEA EXPLORERS ALONA BEACH
offers:
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World class Macro and Night dives
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Many
completely different dive sites
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Up to 4
dives a day
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PADI courses
up to
Divemaster
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NITROX
dive courses
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NITROX
filling station
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DSAT
Tec Deep and Trimix course
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Rebreather
course
with Dräger equipment
Good quality, well maintained
rental equipment
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Technical information:
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Water
temperature: approx.
78 to 84°F
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65 and
80 cu ft aluminum tanks
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80 cu ft NITROX tanks available up to 36% oxygen
fills to 100%
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All the tank valves are international yoke,
bring an adapter
if you have a DIN reg
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Maximum diving depth is 40 meters
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| Dive Sites around Alona Beach |
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HOUSEREEF
This dive site is directly in front of Alona Beach.
It slopes down to 20m and is good for training,
orientation and night dives. There are many
varieties of soft and hard corals and schools of lip
fish, butterfly fish and doctor fish can be spotted.
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ARCO POINT
Only 2km away from
Alona
Beach, this dive has a
colony of sea snakes and a dive thru tunnel that
starts at 8m and exits at 18m. This site is covered
with soft corals and is home to schools of glass
fish, moray eels, snake eels and frogfish.
Occasionally there is current along the drop off,
which makes for exiting dives for the more
experienced divers.
It is also suitable for beginners. |
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DOLJO
BEACH
There are several good dive sites at Doljo Beach 40
minutes away.
Fan
Coral
Garden
and
Hammerhead Point are on the north
side of Panglao, and have a great drop off for
deeper dives with huge fan corals, elephant sponges
and giant frogfish. The clear visibility makes the
dives here unforgettable. |
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PAMILACAN
Pamilacan island is 40 minutes boat ride from Alona Beach.
This site is excellent for drift dives and can have
strong currents with a good chance to see manta and
whale shark There is also a large coral garden at
approx. 20m. |
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BALICASAG
Balicasag island is very well known to divers
throughout the Philippines. Marine
Sanctuary with a wall to 40m. Black
Forest with giant black corals and
Diver's Heaven with schooling jack fish and
barracudas, turtles, sponges, anemones, soft and
hard corals make this site a must see, must dive. A
40 min boat ride gets you to Balicasag, where we
normally do 3 great dives. |
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This is only a small taste of the most exciting dive
sites around Alona.
Come and explore some yourself ! |
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| Sightseeing around Panglao |
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Visit Bohols unique
Chocolate Hills,
the eighth wonder of the world. There are 1268 of
them.......... and no, they are not chocolate !
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Search for the elusive, nocturnal, Tarsier
monkey in Bohol's lush
natural forests (they are only 3 inches tall). These
animals are only found in the
Philippines and mostly on
Bohol.
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Take a leisurely cruise to the end of the Loboc river
and swim under the waterfalls.
Just like the Amazon!
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